Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide following a standoff Sunday in Miami Township.

Police were called to a home on Eagle Ridge Drive just after 1:30 p.m. on a report of a domestic incident. A 13-year-old girl said she'd gone outside to check on her dog and returned to find all the doors to her house locked, and she said her parents didn't answer the door or their cell phones.

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A tactical response unit was sent to the home, and neighbors told police the homeowner had numerous guns inside and had threatened his wife in the past.

The couple was recently separated and in the process of getting divorced, police said.

Police entered the home about 6:40 p.m. after failing to make contact with the couple inside, and officers said they discovered the bodies of 42-year-old Robert Babb and 39-year-old Debra Babb.

Both had been shot, and autopsy results are pending.

Police had been called to the house in December for a domestic dispute, and officers also were asked to stand by in April so Debra Babb could remove personal items from the home.